Remember when you were young and graffiti was sloppy spray painted words than were often illegible? Somewhere along the way that passed and graffiti opened the doors to a colorful artistic world. People were able to express themselves in ways that may not have been imaginable in the past. What started out as aimless scribbles has become an expression of art, that though not everyone will get it or like it, it’s still art and it’s still valued and appreciated by many.
In the early days of graffiti the colors weren’t as vivid as today and more often than not it disappeared before it even had a chance to shine. Graffiti usually disappeared within days by some underpaid worker being told to wash it off. What people just didn’t realize is that no matter how walls were watched or how quickly they were washed graffiti had been born and no amount of water or cleaner could stop its growth.
It didn’t take long before colorful paint began to appear the entire length of concrete walls and buildings. Even the more artistic graffiti that suddenly appeared some time the night before was still often met with water and cleaners. Although it was at this time that more and more graffiti was allowed to remain, this was the beginning of society finally seeing it for what it was, art.
Just like any art, graffiti evolved. It wasn’t long before the colorful lettering turned into images just like this piece pictured that contains a perfect face sprayed right into its dominate lettering. Graffiti has stepped up into the light and is now accepted as art, at least for some.